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Tli(;sc luiiles are recognized readily hy tlie three dark spots at (lie inner 

 angle of the fore wing, and the dark lines, which are" nearer the discal dot 

 than in females. The above description was drawn n[) from the types of 

 sesquilinea. 



2 c? and 7 9. — Body dnll ochreoiis, with a few black scales; antenna-, 

 minutely annnlated with black scales. Wings marked much alike; fore 

 wings with two lines, the inner regulai-ly curved, terminating on the costa at 

 twice the distance from the base, as on the hind edge; the line is black, 

 ditfuse, with some subfuscous scales externally. Within are more numerous 

 grayish scales. Within this line, toward the costa, are numerous black 

 transverse scales. Discal s|tot distinct. Middle of the wing with a few 

 transverse striga?, especially toward iiie costa, which is, however, not thus 

 strigated The outer line straight, l)lack. terminating in the falcate apex 

 of the wing, not being bent back on the costa as usual. Tip of the 

 wing black; the outer line is margined broadly with gray spots ; black and 

 gray scales are numerous toward the inner angle of the wing, the anterior 

 two-thirds of the outer edge of the wings being clear. Hind wings provided 

 with a single straight extradiscal black line ; within the discal dot are a tew 

 transverse strigae, w^liile exteriorly the wing is dusky, and the scales are 

 grouped into transverse clouds, situated half-way between the line and the 

 outer edge of the wing. Outer edge rounded, scarcely angulated, clearer 

 toward the costa. Body l)eneath, with the legs and wings, alike thickly 

 strigated. The line common to both wings re-api)ears faintly; discal dots 

 more distinct than above. 



The female may at once be known by the much curved inner line of 

 the fore wings, which is also deeply sinuate. (This line is sometimes ob- 

 solete.) The lines vary greatly in width, being l>roadest and darkest in the form 

 of varus figured by ]\Iessrs. Grote and l\ol)inson. In otli(>r specimens of 

 ''varus'''' from Alul)ama, received from I\Ir. Grofc, the wings are clear and the; 

 lines fine. Grote and Ritbinsons type-specimen of a/jinisKs, figured liy them, 

 is more densely and coarsely speckled than any of the others, the outer 

 border of both wings being dull violacemis, motlled with l)lackish ; but T 

 have a specimen from Missouri which approaches this typ(>-specimcn closely. 

 On the other hand, I have a specimen from Massachusetts (Stra(ton), which 

 is intermediate between jun'iperariu and the Alabama nirus : the l()re wing 

 being strigated at the base and border ol" the wing, witli a dark shade Ijelow the 



